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TOEFL Writing Task 1 Sample: Question: Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they reply to each of the three explanations presented in the reading passage.

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Reading Passage

Then around 500c.e., group known as the Anglo-Saxons-(盎格鲁撒克逊immigrated to England from what is now Denmark and Germany and tookover political control of England This history raises an interesting questionare the modern inhabitants of England descended mostly from the originaCelts 特人) or from the later Anglo-Saxons-? Several pieces of evidence suggest that the modern English people are descended mostly from theAnglo-Saxons. First, the scale of the Anglo-Saxon immigration was massive, According tosome sources written soon after the migration, a majority of Anglo-Saxonshad left their homelands and come to England. The parts ofDenmark andGermany where the Anglo-Saxons had lived originally lost most of theirpopulation. The sources imply that the large numbers of Anglo-Saxonsarriving in England overwhelmed the original Celtic population and causedthe Celts to retreat to other parts of Great Britain Second, the modern English language is derived from the language spokenby the Anglo-Saxon immigrants, not from the language of the originalCeltic inhabitants of England. This fact strengthens the theory that thepopulation of England today is mostly descended from Anglo-Saxons Third, a genetic study has beerrecentlv conducted among inhabitants oseveral villages in the east of England. The study looked at the villagersDNA to determine which groups they were descended from. The studyfound that the DNA of the villagers was nearly identical to the DNA ofpeople living in the parts of Denmark and Germany where the AngloSaxons originally came from. Their genetic similarity again confirms thetheory that modern-day English people are mainly descended from AngloSaxons.

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Question: Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they reply to each of the three explanations presented in the reading passage.

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The reading passage raises several arguments to prove the theory that modern people of England originated from Anglos-Saxons who are immigrants from Denmark and Germany. However, the lectruer cast doubt on these arguments by pointing out their weaknesses. Firstly, the reading passage suggests that the massive quantity of Anglo-Saxon immigration startled the original Celts, causing Celts left to other parts of Great Britain. Nevertheless, the lecturer questions the accuracy of the sources by mentioning their ignorance of the large population of Celts which outnumbered the population of the arriving Anglo-Saxon. Therefore, It is unlikely for Anglo-Saxons to acheive population dominance and crowed out the Celts. Secondly, the reading passage proposes that the provenance of modern English comes from Anglo-Saxon immigrants instead of the Celtic Native. Nonetheless, the lecturer counter this point by suggesting the situation often happens when an area adotps the language of the group who governs them politically. For example, the South European, dominated by the Roman, relinquished their language and adpoted the language of Roman. In conclusion, Lastly, according to a genetic analysis mentioned in the reading passage, the DNA of the inhabitants in eastern England was almost identical to the DNA of people living in the origin land of Anglo-Saxons. The lecturer contracts the claims by emphasizing that the analysis does not present the DNA of the entire England for only involving the DNA of small eastern England areas which is so close to the Anglo-Saxon homelands. Genetic research in other areas of England has shown a much greater genetic component form the Celtic ancestors.

Evaluation Result

1.子项得分

  • 任务完成度:4

  • 文章结构与组织:4

  • 连贯性与衔接:4

  • 语言运用:3

2.预估分数

  • 25

3.任务完成度 你的文章基本上完成了任务要求,但在论述某些观点时,可以更具体一些。例如,在反驳阅读材料中提到的遗传研究时,可以详细说明为什么这个研究不能代表整个英格兰的情况。

改进示例:

  1. 原文:"The lecturer contracts the claims by emphasizing that the analysis does not present the DNA of the entire England for only involving the DNA of small eastern England areas which is so close to the Anglo-Saxon homelands." 改进后:"The lecturer refutes the claims by emphasizing that the genetic study's limited scope, focusing only on a small area in eastern England, cannot represent the entire population of England, especially considering its proximity to the Anglo-Saxon homelands."

4.文章结构与组织 文章的结构和组织方面表现较好,但在某些段落中,可以更明确地使用过渡词汇来引导读者。此外,在总结段落时,尝试使用不同的表达方式来呈现前面已经讨论过的观点。

改进示例:

  1. 原文:"Firstly, the reading passage suggests... Nevertheless, the lecturer questions..." 改进后:"Firstly, the reading passage suggests... However, the lecturer challenges this view by..."

  2. 原文:"In conclusion," 改进后:"In summary,"

5. 语法批改

The reading passage raises several arguments to prove the theory that modern people of England originated (Two consecutive spaces)from Anglos-SaxonsAnglo-Saxons(misspelling) who are immigrants from Denmark and Germany. However, the lectruerlecturer(misspelling) cast doubt on these arguments by pointing out their weaknesses. Firstly, the reading passage suggests that the massive quantity of Anglo-Saxon immigration startled the original Celts, causing Celts left to other parts of Great Britain. Nevertheless, the lecturer questions the accuracy of the sources by mentioning their ignorance of the large population of Celts which outnumbered the population of the arriving Anglo-Saxon. Therefore, It is unlikely for Anglo-Saxons to acheiveachieve(misspelling) population dominance and crowed out the Celts. Secondly, the reading passage proposes that the provenance of modern English comes from Anglo-Saxon immigrants instead of the Celtic Native. Nonetheless, the lecturer counter this point by suggesting the situation often happens when an area adotpsadopts(misspelling) the language of the group who governs them politically. For example, the South European, dominated by the Roman, relinquished their language and adpotedadopted(misspelling) the language of Roman. In conclusion, Lastly, according to a genetic analysis mentioned in the reading passage, the DNA of the inhabitants in eastern England was almost identical to the DNA of people living in the origin land of Anglo-Saxons. The lecturer contracts the claims by emphasizing that the analysis does not present the DNA of the entire England for only involving the DNA of small eastern England areas which is so close to the Anglo-Saxon homelands. Genetic research in other areas of England has shown a much greater genetic component formfrom(Detects potentially wrong usage of "form") the Celtic ancestors.

Section Title: 6.文章修订

The reading passage raises several arguments to prove the theory that modern people of England originated from Anglos-Saxons who are immigrants from Denmark and Germany. However, the lecturer casts doubt on these arguments by pointing out their weaknesses.

Firstly, the reading passage suggests that the massive quantity of Anglo-Saxon immigration startled the original Celts, causing them to leave for other parts of Great Britain. Nevertheless, the lecturer questions the accuracy of the sources by mentioning their ignorance of the large population of Celts which outnumbered the population of arriving Anglo-Saxons. Therefore, it is unlikely for Anglo-Saxons to achieve population dominance and crowd out the Celts.

Secondly, the reading passage proposes that the provenance of modern English comes from Anglo-Saxon immigrants instead of Celtic natives. Nonetheless, the lecturer counters this point by suggesting that such a situation often happens when an area adopts the language of a politically dominant group. For example, Southern Europeans, dominated by Romans, relinquished their language and adopted Latin. Thus, it is possible that Celts adopted Anglo-Saxon language without being replaced in terms of population.

Lastly, according to a genetic analysis mentioned in the reading passage, the DNA of inhabitants in eastern England was almost identical to that of people living in areas where Anglo-Saxons originated. The lecturer contradicts these claims by emphasizing that this analysis does not present a complete picture as it only involves DNA samples from small eastern England areas which are geographically close to Anglo-Saxon homelands. Genetic research in other areas of England has shown a much greater genetic component from Celtic ancestors. (263 words)

The reading passage raises several arguments to prove the theory that modern people of England originated originated from Anglos-Saxons who are immigrants from Denmark and Germany. Germany (Changed "Anglos-Saxons" to "Anglo-Saxons" for correct spelling). However, the lectruer cast lecturer casts doubt on these arguments by pointing out their weaknesses. weaknesses (Changed "lectruer" to "lecturer" for correct spelling).

Firstly, the reading passage suggests that the massive quantity of Anglo-Saxon immigration startled the original Celts, causing Celts left to them to leave for other parts of Great Britain. Britain (Changed "Celts left" to "them to leave" for better clarity). Nevertheless, the lecturer questions the accuracy of the sources by mentioning their ignorance of the large population of Celts which outnumbered the population of the arriving Anglo-Saxon. Anglo-Saxons. Therefore, It it is unlikely for Anglo-Saxons to acheive achieve population dominance and crowed crowd out the Celts. Celts (Changed "acheive" to "achieve" and "crowed out" to "crowd out" for correct spelling).

Secondly, the reading passage proposes that the provenance of modern English comes from Anglo-Saxon immigrants instead of the Celtic Native. ¶ natives (Changed "Celtic Native" to "Celtic natives" for consistency in plural form). Nonetheless, the lecturer counter counters this point by suggesting the that such a situation often happens when an area adotps adopts the language of the a politically dominant group who governs them politically. (Changed "adotps" to "adopts"). For example, the South European, Southern Europeans, dominated by the Roman, Romans, relinquished their language and adpoted the adopted Latin (Changed "South European" to "Southern Europeans", and changed both instances of Roman language of Roman. In conclusion, references from lower case 'r' in 'roman' to upper case 'R'). Thus, it is possible that Celts adopted Anglo-Saxon language without being replaced in terms of population.

Lastly, according to a genetic analysis mentioned in the reading passage, the DNA of the inhabitants in eastern England was almost identical to the DNA that of people living in areas where Anglo-Saxons originated (Changed "the DNA of people living in the origin land of Anglo-Saxons. Anglo-Saxons" to "that of people living in areas where Anglo-Saxons originated" for better clarity). The lecturer contracts the contradicts these claims by emphasizing that the this analysis does not present the a complete picture as it only involves DNA of the entire England for only involving the DNA of samples from small eastern England areas which is so are geographically close to the Anglo-Saxon homelands. homelands (Changed "contracts" to "contradicts", and changed "for only involving" to "as it only involves"). Genetic research in other areas of England has shown a much greater genetic component form the from Celtic ancestors.ancestors (Changed "form" to "from").

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9. Keywords

WordPhonetic SymbolPart of SpeechEnglish DefinitionSimplified Chinese Translation (if needed)Sample Sentence
Provenance/ˈprɒvənəns/nounthe place of origin or earliest known history of something起源,出处The provenance of the painting is still in question.
Startle/ˈstɑːrtl/verbto cause a sudden shock or surprise to someone or something; to be alarmed, surprised, or shocked by something unexpected使惊吓,使吃惊,使震惊(某人);被突然的事物吓到、吃惊或震惊(某人);被突然的事物惊动(某人);受到突然的事物刺激(某人);受到突然的事物打扰(某人);被突然的事物弄醒(某人);被突然的事物弄疼(某人);受到突然的事物冲击(某人); 受到突然的事物震撼(某人); 受到突然的事物刺痛(某人); 受到突然的事物折磨(某人); 受到突然的事物煎熬(某人); 受到突然的事物折磨(某人)The sudden noise startled the baby.
Relinquish/rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/verbto voluntarily cease to keep or claim; to give up放弃,交出,让与She relinquished control of the family business to her son.
Dominance/ˈdɒmɪnəns/nounpower and influence over others; control, authority, or ascendancy over others, especially by one group or nation over others统治,支配,优势,霸权;优势地位;显性;优势因素;优势地位的取得或保持;有利地位的取得或保持;有利条件的取得或保持;有利因素的取得或保持;有利状态的取得或保持;有利现象的取得或保持;有利局面的取得或保持;有利形势的取得或保持;有利氛围的取得或保持; 优越地位的取得或保持; 优越条件的取得或保持; 优越因素的取得或保持; 优越状态的取得或保持; 优越现象的取得或保持; 优越局面的取得或保持; 优越形势的取得或保持; 优越氛围的取得或保持The dominance of one political party usually doesn't last long.
Outnumber/aʊtˈnʌmbər/verbto be greater in number than someone or something在数量上超过,比...多Women outnumber men in this company.
Counter/ˈkaʊntər/verbto speak or act in opposition to; to oppose, contradict, or resist (someone or something) actively, especially by argument or counteraction; to say or do something in opposition to something else; to say or do something that is against what someone else has said or done; to say or do something that is against what someone else wants, believes, etc.; to say or do something that is against what someone else thinks, feels, etc.; to say or do something that is against what someone else expects, hopes for, etc.; to say or do something that is against what someone else needs, requires, etc.; to say or do something that is against what someone else demands, requests, etc.;

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